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Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A. that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that ofB. that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than doubleC. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubledD. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that ofE. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

Please do not reveal the OA rightaway. Post the question and give it a day or two. When you come back you would see more hot discussions than you expected.

As for the SC, "that of" and "rate" is redundant. You would want to "that of" when the question is
"...intensifying expectations that the rate of personal spending in X quarter more than doubled than that of the personal spending for the previous quarter..."
So, ADE goes off.

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A. that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of
B. that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double
C. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled
D. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that of
E. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

Since the sentence describes "expectations" ... would more than double is better..

My pick would be B. _________________

"To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed."

We are talking about the future (hint: expectations, and the talk abt july-sep quarter in aug). Hence past-tense references are wrong. That drops A and C. D is plain awkward. E is wrong because "double that of" does not have a subject reference to "that".

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A. that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that ofB. that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than doubleC. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubledD. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that ofE. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A. that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that ofB. that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than doubleC. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubledD. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that ofE. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

It is BA. that makes the sentence better but at the same time expectations neccessitates the us e of wouldB. uses that and would to make the sentence clear best betC. uneccessary use of itD. more than doubling that of 1.4% is a problemE. should have started with a that again "it" not required

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A. that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that ofB. that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than doubleC. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubledD. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that ofE. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

It is BA. that makes the sentence better but at the same time expectations neccessitates the us e of wouldB. uses that and would to make the sentence clear best betC. uneccessary use of itD. more than doubling that of 1.4% is a problemE. should have started with a that again "it" not required

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A. that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that ofB. that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than doubleC. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubledD. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that ofE. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

A. that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that ofB. that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than doubleC. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubledD. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, more than doubling that ofE. of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

I got B."expectation that" sounds correct to me, although if someone can explain the rules, if anyA is incorrect because the placement of "that of" doesn't make sense.

It cannot be expectations OF thus C,D,E are straight out. Now we have A & B-ing form shows the present continuous, thus we need show the result in future tense. In A doubled is in past tense where as in B "would" shows the future tense.

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter. _________________

Persistence+Patience+Persistence+Patience=G...O...A...L

Last edited by prasannar on 09 Apr 2008, 08:18, edited 1 time in total.

It cannot be expectations OF thus C,D,E are straight out. Now we have A & B-ing form shows the present continuous, thus we need show the result in future tense. In A doubled is in past tense where as in B "would" shows the future tense.

Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.